Question about Rem 700 and Detachable Mags

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mr ed

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Sell gun! buy 700DM!
was going to suggest checking Brownells or somebody like that, till I saw they wanted $333.95 for the magazine and trigger guard assy. INSANE!!
 

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Yes you can replace the bottom metal. The factory Rem DM setup is hard to find and expensive. The H-S Precision is a good system and should drop in. All the others you will have to inlet your stock for them to fit.
 

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That's not what they go for. I just tried to sell one for $200 and couldn't get rid of it for a while.
 

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Yeah, the HS precision is the one I saw for $333

Plus, being as its a decent-quality American made detachable box mag/bottom metal system for the Remington 700 - its very reasonably priced. These aren't made just to look cool.

Check out the Badger, Surgeon, or CDI if you're looking for something expensive.

Seekins makes a pretty good bottom metal system (that's also reasonably priced), but it takes mags that aren't compatible with the above 4 manufacturers (who all use Accuracy International AICS mags).

I read a post where they're making a new Seekins system that will work with the Badger/AICS mags - that's pretty cool, but that side AR-style mag release is pretty cool to me and I'm not picky when it comes to mag compatibility (I'd probably buy several extras to have around if I were to go with any system).

If you're looking for a cheap (read <$100) alternative in short-action - sorry, it doesn't exist - and the factory Remington versions of detachable mags all suck (this is especially true of short-action calibers like your .308).
 

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